utm_source=search&utm_medium=internal&utm_campaign=books (books recommended by BPers)Before making your 1st REI purchase please visit the link below for some useful tipshttps://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/12/19/real-estate-investing-success-smart-tips/Simply, bone up on the areas that you need to expand knowledge in such as, Forums, Marketplace, Learn, Network, Analyze and Resources.Feast on the Podcasts, #askbp Podcasts, blogs and webinars Lastly, this site thrives on interactions and as such we encourage two way exchanges and look forward to educational and thought provoking ideas relevant to REI.

I wrote an article on Mentors a while back for the BP blog.

Since you're in the process of buying your first home, consider buying a duplex and 'House Hacking' to get started as a real estate investor.This strategy is pretty popular ... here's a blog post by @Brandon Turner about it:https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/11/02/hack-housing-get-paid-live-free/

This year we're really going to brand that name and the blog.

You will find resources here from blogs to pod casts and forums.

utm_source=search&utm_medium=internal&utm_campaign=books (books recommended by BPers)Simply, bone up on the areas that you need to expand knowledge in such as, Forums, Marketplace, Learn, Network, Analyze and Resources.Feast on the Podcasts, #askbp Podcasts, blogs and webinars Lastly, this site thrives on interactions and as such we encourage two way exchanges and look forward to educational and thought provoking ideas relevant to REI.

Thanks in advance for the help,Alden SimpsonGreenville, SCHey Alden,I'm actually trying to accomplish this myself with my Podio Direct Mail Campaign Manager (you can go to my blog and watch my tutorials on how to set it up yourself).  

@Sochima Eze I would listen to every BP podcast on managing apartment complexes, and I would read as many blog posts as possible before deploying any capital.

I will check through those blogs, thanks for your opinion on this matter.

You will find resources here from blogs to pod casts and forums.